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Jeff Koons and Dr. Seuss get double billing at the Met; gather clues and solve puzzles in the ultimate scavenger hunt; get cute and crafty at a DIY beauty class; slip and then slide at the McCarren Pool; eat like a king for 8 cents and drink like a fish for $1!

The third annual JellyNYC Pool Party hits the McCarren Pool today between 2 and 7 p.m. Indulge your inner child with dodge ball, Slip ‘N Slides, ice cream and music from MGMT and the Ting Tings. Admission is free.

Attention, aspiring super-spies!

ACTIVITY – Sun 27

East End Bar and Grill (meet-up spot), 1664 First Ave.; (718) 344-8962, pogoevents.com

The Amazing New York Race is a test of will, brainpower, stamina – and your ability to swipe a MetroCard properly and swiftly! Groups of two to six are welcome to join in the fun – and if your friends are lame, Pogo, the company organizing the event, will even hook you up with a team. Race around Manhattan gathering clues and performing feats of mental and physical daring. All members of the first team to cross the finish line will receive a $75 gift certificate to New York City Social Sports Club. You’ll need: one digital camera per team, a cellphone, comfy shoes, an ID, a one-day unlimited MetroCard and a subway map.

What could possibly go better together on a hot, NYC day than gooey, scrumptious mac and cheese and artisanal summer beers? How ’bout if we told you that the savory dish was only 8 cents and the beers are only a dollar each? Yes, the dream is true! Beertopia: The Summer Series is coming to the Village Pourhouse on the same day as Supermac’s 8 Cent Mac & Cheese Day. OK, you do have to travel a bit between your bargain-basement mac and cheese and your beer – but why not take the food to go? Supermac’s 8-cent deal is good from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (avoid the lines and get your 8-cent coupon ahead of time at 8coupons.com). Beertopia runs from 6 to 9 p.m. and offers $1 brews like Beach Bum Blonde Ale and Gritty McDuff’s Vacationland Summer Ale.

The Met’s College Group presents “An Evening with Jeff Koons and Dr. Seuss” – two childlike geniuses who are fun for those age 1 to 101. Displayed on the museum roof are Koons’ colorful, whimsical sculptures of toys expanded to a terrific scale. The event, free with museum admission, begins at 5:30 p.m. and will also feature “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T,” Dr. Seuss’ only live-action feature film, as well as a bar for those too old to care.

Do-it-yourself, diva!

BEAUTY – Mon 28

Etsy Labs, 325 Gold St., 3rd floor, Brooklyn; etsy.com

Enter this class as a beauty-product neophyte and exit with mad knowledge of how to create your own soap, lip balm and sugar scrub. From 6 to 9 p.m., Mary Helen McNally, a DIY-beauty pro – who, this being Williamsburg, will give you a copy of her ‘zine at the end of class – will instruct participants on the fundamentals of each of these products. For a mere $70, you’ll leave class with five tubes of all-natural lip balm, two bars of soap, three two-ounce jars of honey-ginger sugar scrub and the know-how of a beauty baroness.